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in 1881, Tsar Alexander ll was assassinated when a revolutionary terrorist threw a bomb at his unprotected carriage as he travelled through a crowd in St. Petersberg. at the time, Alexander was know as a reformer. the more conservative elements in Russia were concerned with this. with revolution in the air, they feared a constitution would set up the conditions for the end of the Empire. as a result, factions in the secret police decided to soften the security around the Tsar in the hopes that an assassination would allow them the ability to crack down further on the revolutionary forces. they also had paid informants and other revolutionaries paid off and in their pocket. sound familiar?

obviously this proves nothing about Trump, only that this tactic is well known in the halls of power and intelligence. when every other attempt to remove Trump from play fails, it might be time to pull an Alexander.

the irony for the Russians of course was that they merely postponed what would eventually become a much worse and much bloodier revolution in the end.

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He should hire a bunch of country-livin' former seals and delta operators to be his bodyguards.

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He’s a billionaire who has Erik Prince on speed dial. He needs to act like it.

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All of this shows that it really might be time to create martial institutions that are independent of and parallel to the regime's.

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I have to admit I have been sceptical about the two would be assassins. But, the other day I read about how these two are connected to Black Rock. That seems too coincidental to me. Now I hear how Routh has been all over Washington and his connections re Ukraine and possible intel resources. This makes me think there is a very tangled web of a sinister type. I want to hear more.

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Trump should cut a business deal with Tren De Aragua. They would probably do a better job of securing his person than the USSS. (According to the NY Post, he's announced he's going to Springfield, Ohio next week.)

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If they succeed now, JD will be President.

For eight years.

That changes the calculus.

Their only choice now is to take us ALL out, in some way.

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There’s no way the NatSec state will allow him back in office. Vance will be the - excellent - backup.

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